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  •   Home > News > Sports > Sailing

    One round into Sail GP and the pressure has ramped up on the New Zealand team

    One round into Sail GP and the pressure has ramped up on the New Zealand team


    The Peter Burling-helmed boat has finished sixth out of nine teams in Bermuda.

    Defending champions Australia won the round.

    New Zealand wing trimmer Blair Tuke acknowledges a glaring deficiency in their campaigns.



    The second round of the championship is in Chicago next month.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     16 Jan: There's a Team New Zealand America's Cup vibe to the Swedish SailGP team debuting at the season-opener in Perth this weekend
     16 Jan: Swedish SailGP driver Nathan Outteridge is poised to blow out the cobwebs out as his new syndicate debuts at the season-opening event in Perth
     30 Dec: The glory of crossing the line first in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race might have been celebrated in the bars beyond Constitution Dock, but the contest for the Tattersall Cup to crown the overall handicap winner remains on the water
     28 Dec: The leading contenders have now reached the coast of Tasmania in another dramatic Sydney to Hobart yacht race
     27 Dec: In the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, Comanche remains around four miles ahead of LawConnect in the lead, with 340 miles to go
     27 Dec: The Sydney to Hobart fleet has lost its first 100-foot supermaxi, with Wild Thing 100 retiring from the 80th running of the race on the first night of sailing
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